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11. S. glaueophyllus Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii (1896) 536.— 
Smooth and glaucous, perfectly glabrous, 1-3 ft. high. Rootstock stout, 
woody. Stems numerous, strongly grooved, simple or sparingly branched, 
naked at the base or with minute scale-like leaves only, leafy above. Leaves 
2-4in. long, 4-lin. wide, oblanceolate or oblong-obovate or obovate- 
spathulate, obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowed into broad flat petioles, 
not dilated nor sheathing at the base, irregularly sinuate-dentate or serrate, 
rather thin, very glaucous; margins somewhat thickened. Upper leaves 
narrower, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, serrate, gradually passing into 
narrow-linear entire bracts. Heads several in a loose terminal corymb, 
broadly campanulate, din. diam.; involucral bracts limear, acuminate. 
2-ribbed, glabrous or pilose at the tips. Ray-florets about 15; disc-forets 
numerous. Achenes narrow-linear, deeply grooved, finely scabrid.—7. Kark 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 343; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 374. 
Soutn Isuanp: Nelson—Mount Arthur, on limestone rocks, alt. 4000 ft., 7. F. C., 
FEF. G.dibbs ! January—February. 
A very curious plant, its bushy mode of growth and glaucous leaves giving it a very 
different appearance from any of its allies. The stems appear to die down to the root in 
winter, a fresh crop appearing in the following spring. So far, it has only been found 
in the one locality. 2 <> $ 
S. Selanderi Be. Vanna 655° 225 
12. S-latifelius Banks and Sol. ex Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 145.— 
A tall erect much-branched glabrous herb 2-4 ft. high; stems flexuous, 
grooved. Leaves membranous, 2-8 in. long, very variable in shape ; lower 
on long winged petioles with or without small toothed auricles at the base, 
blade broadly oblong or ovate-oblong to linear-oblong, toothed or lobulate 
or irregularly lyrate-pinnatifid; upper sessile, ovate-oblong to linear- 
oblong, coarsely toothed or lobed, often contracted below the middle and 
then expanding into broad toothed auricles; uppermost leaves liear- 
lanceolate, acute, serrate or dentate. Corymbs broad, lax, much branched ; 
branches slender. Heads very numerous, }—$in. diam.; involucral bracts ~ 
in 1 series, linear, acuminate, glabrous or pubescent. Ray-florets 12-20 ; 
ligule narrow, spreading. Disc-florets 30-40. Achenes linear, grooved, 
hispidulous. Pappus-hairs soft, copious, white.—Hook. f. Handb. N.Z, Fl. 
(1864) 159; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 341; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. il. 
(1906) 374. : 
Var. rufiglandulosus; 7. Kirk JI.c.—Glandular-pubescent or glabrate. Leaves 
coarsely and sharply irregularly doubly dentate or serrate, sometimes lobed at the base. 
Corymbs very large. Achenes densely pubescent.—S. rufiglandulosus Col. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896) 599. ‘ 
Var. sinuatifolius 7’. Kirk I.c—Stems slender, flexuose. Leaves distant, ovate- 
oblong, sinuate, not toothed. Corymbs small; heads few. | 
Norte Isuanp: From the Paparata Valley and Waikato River southwards, but 
rare and local to the north of the East Cape. Sours Isutanp: Western part of the 
Nelson Provincial District and Westland, not uncommon as far south as Ross. Sea- 
level to 3500 ft. Novem ber—February. 
13. 8. Turneri Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xl (1911) 176.—A stout 
glabrous herb 2-6 ft. high. Stem as thick as the finger, woody, prostrate 
or decumbent and: usually naked at the base, leafy above, sparingly branched 
at the top only. Leaves alternate, large, spreading, bright-green ; petiole 
6-12 in. long, winged at the base and broadly amplexicaul, smooth and 
terete above; blade 4-7in. long by 3-6in. across, cordate to orbicular- 
cordate, deeply lobed at the base, acute at the tip, thin and membranous, 
